Measuring the effects of invasive plants on ecosystem services: Challenges and prospects

Invasive Plant Science and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 125-136

  Eviner, Valerie T ^a   Garbach, Kelly ^a   Baty, Jill H ^a   Hoskinson, Sarah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; climate regulation; context dependence; ecosystem processes; erosion control; invader effects; net primary productivity; nutrient supply; plant community composition; resilience; soil fertility; spatial scale; temporal scale; water quality; water supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858778313     PISSN: 19397291     EISSN: 1939747X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/IPSM-D-11-00095.1     Document Type: Article

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